--- doc/cvs.1.orig 2004-11-11 10:29:46.000000000 -0800
+++ doc/cvs.1 2005-07-06 11:59:42.000000000 -0700
@@ -3654,6 +3654,83 @@
\fB/etc/cvs.conf\fR or prefixed by \fB/etc/cvs/\fR. This option is
supported beginning with \fBcvs\fR release 1.12.13.
.SP
+.SH "tag"
+.SS "Add a symbolic tag to checked out version of RCS file"
+.IX "tag (subcommand)"
+.SP
+.IP "\(bu" 2
+tag [-lQqR] [-b] [-d] symbolic_tag [files...]
+.IP "\(bu" 2
+Requires: repository, working directory.
+.IP "\(bu" 2
+Changes: repository.
+.IP "\(bu" 2
+Synonym: freeze.
+.SP
+Use this command to assign symbolic tags to the nearest repository versions to your
+working sources. The tags are applied immediately to the repository, as with
+\fBrtag\fR, but the versions are supplied implicitly by the CVS records of your
+working files' history rather than applied explicitly.
+.SP
+One use for tags is to record a snapshot of the current sources when the software
+freeze date of a project arrives. As bugs are fixed after the freeze date, only
+those changed sources that are to be part of the release need be re-tagged.
+.SP
+The symbolic tags are meant to permanently record which revisions of which files were
+used in creating a software distribution. The \fBcheckout\fR and \fBupdate\fR
+commands allow you to extract an exact copy of a tagged release at any time in the
+future, regardless of whether files have been changed, added, or removed since the
+release was tagged.
+.SP
+This command can also be used to delete a symbolic tag, or to create a branch.
+See the options section below.
+.SP
+.SH "tag options"
+.SP
+These standard options are supported by \fBtag\fR
+(see node `Common options\(aq in the CVS manual, for a complete description of
+them):
+.SP
+.IP "" 0
+\fB-l\fR
+.IP "" 2
+Local; run only in current working directory.
+.SP
+.IP "" 0
+\fB-R\fR
+.IP "" 2
+Commit directories recursively. This is on by default.
+.SP
+.IP "" 0
+\fB-Q\fR
+.IP "" 2
+Really quiet.
+.SP
+.IP "" 0
+\fB-q\fR
+.IP "" 2
+Somewhat quiet.
+.SP
+.IP "" 0
+Two special options are available:
+.SP
+.IP "" 0
+\fB-b\fR
+.IP "" 2
+The \fB-b\fR option makes the tag a branch tag (see node `Branches\(aq in the
+CVS manual), allowing concurrent, isolated development. This is most useful for
+creating a patch to a previously released software distribution.
+.SP
+.IP "" 0
+\fB-d\fR
+.IP "" 2
+Delete a tag.
+.SP
+If you use \fBcvs tag -d symbolic_tag\fR, the symbolic tag you specify is deleted
+instead of being added. Warning: Be very certain of your ground before you delete
+a tag; doing this effectively discards some historical information, which may later
+turn out to have been valuable.
+.SP
.SH "update"
.SS "Bring work tree in sync with repository"
.IX "update (subcommand)"